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The recognition of elementary skin lesions is the most important part of clinical examinations for skin disease diagnosis and for indicating the best treatment. We present a sample of some important elementary lesions in skin examinations found in most indigenous peoples, according to our observations in fieldwork.
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Florian, M.C., Tomimori, J., de Mendonça, S.B.M., Rodrigues, D.A. (2017). Elementary Skin Lesions in Dermatological Medical Examinations. In: Dermatological Atlas of Indigenous People. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59446-0_3
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